Soapbox : Poor showing on my part, only half number of QSOs comparing to the last year. The condx were down for sure and the number of participating stations must have been down too (on the same account for sure).
Pluses: when the bands were open the signals were huge. However the opening were shorter - after all we are on the downslide in the current solar cycle. The minuses: frustration when working the band from the bottom up or top to bottom, in S&P all the stations/signals (showning on the panadaptor - I'm sure did not miss any, were already in the log. Yes some of you guys did not stay on the same frequency when running, you kept jumping up and down (as you should).